diff --git a/mantidimaging/gui/windows/live_viewer/view.py b/mantidimaging/gui/windows/live_viewer/view.py
index 2f76f298a91..e9aa5836a7e 100644
--- a/mantidimaging/gui/windows/live_viewer/view.py
+++ b/mantidimaging/gui/windows/live_viewer/view.py
@@ -88,11 +88,8 @@ def set_image_index(self, index: int) -> None:
 
     def closeEvent(self, e) -> None:
         """Close the window and remove it from the main window list"""
-        for live_viewer in self.main_window.live_viewer_list:
-            if live_viewer.path == self.path:
-                if live_viewer.presenter:
-                    live_viewer.presenter.close()
-                live_viewer.close()
+        self.main_window.live_viewer_list.remove(self)
+        self.presenter.close()
         self.live_viewer.handle_deleted()
         super().closeEvent(e)
         self.presenter = None  # type: ignore # View instance to be destroyed -type can be inconsistent
diff --git a/mantidimaging/gui/windows/main/view.py b/mantidimaging/gui/windows/main/view.py
index 0d485c8f4f8..8aa2329f245 100644
--- a/mantidimaging/gui/windows/main/view.py
+++ b/mantidimaging/gui/windows/main/view.py
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ def live_view_choose_directory(self) -> None:
     def show_live_viewer(self, live_data_path: Path) -> None:
         live_viewer = LiveViewerWindowView(self, live_data_path)
         self.live_viewer_list.append(live_viewer)
-        self.live_viewer_list[-1].activateWindow()
-        self.live_viewer_list[-1].raise_()
+        # self.live_viewer_list[-1].activateWindow()
+        # self.live_viewer_list[-1].raise_()
         self.live_viewer_list[-1].show()
 
     @property
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ def closeEvent(self, event) -> None:
             if self.recon:
                 self.recon.close()
             if self.live_viewer_list:
-                [live_viewer.close() for live_viewer in self.live_viewer_list]
+                while self.live_viewer_list:
+                    self.live_viewer_list[-1].close()
             if self.spectrum_viewer:
                 self.spectrum_viewer.close()
             if self.filters: